The Mactavish Insurance Law Club is proudly presented by Mactavish, the
UK’s leading expert on insurance governance.
Tuesday 13 October 2026 · 4:30 p.m. · Online
Tuesday 13 October 2026 · 4:30 p.m. · Online
Hosted by Mactavish experts and guest experts and KCs from the leading insurance law chambers, MILC focus will be heavily legal in nature but also bringing in specialist experts from the insurance market, technical experts, forensic accountants and loss adjusters based on the subject of the day. Here are a few examples of what the upcoming programme will cover:
While the insurance law framework has not (yet) descended into the litigation bonanza some predicted, the basis of claim settlements has changed and a new playbook to stay on the right side of the law has taken shape. This session boils down the essentials
A new, tech-led world order of product liability is being ushered in by new EU & UK legislation coming into force in 2026. This changes what even is a ‘product’, who can sue whom for what over what period, and what they must prove, opening up entirely new segments to PL risk and highlighting new problems with traditional policies.
A changing risk landscape and a rash of recent cases are changed what personal liability can accrue far beyond the Board and C-suite, requiring far more attention to D&O wordings.
What are the default legal obligations applying to insurance brokers and how are these changing in the courts? What are the main points of tension between the role many clients believe brokers play and the limitations applied by standard broker engagement terms? How can buyers best manage this legal minefield?
How do insurance fraud concepts (most often explained at a personal lines level) apply to modern corporates and how is the law evolving around fraudulent “devices” in the context of claims?
What if you receive a dreaded major incident call? What steps are essential to protect cover, manage the “prudent uninsured” trap, establish roles and protect privilege? What do clients who have been through the worst wish they had known beforehand?
The certainty of change has never been truer, and a common factor applying across pandemic BI, aircraft in Russia or AI-led cyber risk is that material new tests to insurance policies drive litigation. Recent case law illustrates how (and which) contract minutiae matter, and how corporate buyers can best manage uncertainty.
Cyber insurance has now evolved far beyond the new or ancillary insurance type it is often traded as. The pace of risk change, variety in how policies frame cover, and overlaps with other classes of insurance make Cyber a hugely challenging purchase. As AI super-charges some risks and alters others, the availability of meaningful cover may be under threat, and what does the uncertain spectre of “silent AI cover” mean in reality?
A long-standing issue for building owners, construction firms, designers and suppliers, a look at how this distribution and clarity has been affected by recent landmark judgments and the ongoing progress of the Building Safety Act.
